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Relief on the hoof : the seagoing cowboys, the Heifer Project, and UNRRA in Poland /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plach, Eva, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025.
Series:NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Subjects:
Heifer Project > History.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Brethren Service Committee
Livestock projects > Poland > History > 20th century.
Humanitarian assistance > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Civilian relief > Europe, Eastern.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Global agents of humanitarian aid
  • UNRRA, food, and winning the peace
  • The UNRRA-Brethren Service Committee partnership
  • On becoming a seagoing cowboy
  • Working animals as humanitarian aid
  • The making of "relief animals"
  • Cowboys and animals at sea
  • Bovines, equines, and humans in Poland
  • UNRRA and animal politics in Poland
  • Heifer Project animals in Poland
  • Conclusion: Humanitarian imaginaries.